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The Creation versus the Wrath of Lightning
Another half-elf! Genis thought, his mind racing. That pink hair girl! She must be! I got to find her! Genis jumped to his feet and raced out the stadium. Nobody stopped him, for everyone (beside Anise) was cheering at the spectacular lightning finale. Genis ran out to the break room, his mind still trying to pinpoint the pink hair half-elf's mana. But it was no use. The girl had finished casting, and was, therefore, no longer emitting anymore mana. But Genis had a hunch where the mysterious half-elf would be. He sprinted to Team Symphonia's resting room. There, a girl with a pink bushy ponytail was leaning against the door, looking thoroughly impatient.
"Took you long enough," the girl replied when she saw Genis, "Geez, why's everyone so slow?" Genis ignored her comment. And before he could help himself, he blurted out,
"Who are you?"
The girl smiled, tiling her head to get a better look at Genis. She had a large blue earring on her left ear that swung dangerously as if threateningly to fall.
"Arche," she smiled mischievously, "Arche Klein. I know who you are! Genis right? How's your bottom? Does it still hurt?"
"H-How?!" Genis was baffled that anyone besides the Symphonia team knew of his latest punishment.
"Oh, just a hunch," Arche replied innocently.
How does she know! Genis thought to himself frantically I wonder what else she knows…Could she be part of the Desians? No, that's impossible! We destroyed all their bases…but…
"Tell me! How long have you been spying on us?!" Genis said steely, his face turning red. But Arche gave no answer. Instead, she looked at Genis and giggled.
"Fine! We'll try another answer," Genis said, "Where are you from?"
"Sorry, can't tell you that either," Arche replied nonchalantly, "Besides, you wouldn't know if I tell you." At this she began to walk away, yawning.
"Hey wait! I'm not done talking yet!" Genis called after her, his body tense. But Arche ignored him. In the last ditched attempt to get some answer, Genis hollered after the pink hair witch the question he had been dying to ask.
"Are you with Yggdrasil?!"
Arche turned, a puzzled expression written on her face.
"With?" she repeated, her eyes looking upwards contemplating to herself, "Well…that's an odd way of wording it, but yeah I guess. Who isn't?" She got on her broom and began to leave.
"FIRE BALL!" Genis cried. Balls of flames flew at Arche, who just barely dodge them.
"HEY!" Arche cried angrily, "What are you doing?! Watch it!"
"Sorry," Genis answered, his expression cold, "But if you're with Yggdrasil, then I have to get rid of you."
"WHAT?!" Arche cried surprised, "Hey, I just help your team you know. Is that any way to treat your benefactor?"
"Humph!" Genis ignored her, "Cyclone!" Blades of air swirled around Arche, forming into a giant spiral.
"Why you ungrateful little brat!" Arche cried amidst the howling wind, "You want to play rough huh? Fine! Take this! Fire Storm!"
Swirling flames surrounded Genis. They licked against his skin, causing him to loose his focus on the cyclone spell.
"Aha! It'll take you a hundred years more to beat me!" Arche boosted, laughing as she landed on the ground, watching Genis struggle.
"Tidal Wave!" Genis cried suddenly, extinguishing the fire around him.
"Ah!" Arche, who had not expected Genis to get out of the dilemma so quickly, was swept along with the waves before she could mount her broom.
"Earthquake!" she cried when she had escaped into the air.
"Atlas!" Genis countered.
The ground shook and rocks tumbled over Genis while long blades of wind and water slashed against Arche, blowing her hither and thither.
"RAY!" she cried barely holding on to her broom. But her aim was way off due to the tumbling wind. Frustrated, she attempted to break through with a wind spell of her own.
"Tempest!" Arche's own wind spell managed to neutralize the air around her. But just then Genis raised his kendama.
"I'll burn that broom to ashes!" he cried, "Flame Lance!" A gigantic fiery lance descended on Arche who managed to get away. However, the force of the lance upon impact to the ground sent her rocketing down into the ground.
"This isn't over yet!" she spat. "Black Hole!" The ground between Genis and Arche gave away, revealing a gigantic bottomless hole. The wind picked up as the hole began sucking everything within its radius of gravity. Trees were uproot, stone were uplifted as they tumbled into the dark abyss.
"Hahaha!" Arche laughed manically, "That's what you get for messing with me!"
"Grrr..." Genis crouched down. What should I do?! He thought frantically as tears began flowing I don't want to die yet! But just then, a thought struck him. Wait a minute! That Black Hole is a dark magic. If I can neutralize it with the opposite affinity…
"Prism Sword!" Genis exclaimed, hoping that he can overpower the dark abyss just inches away from him.
Swords of light descended, striking everything in sight.
"Ahhh," Arche cried as one of the swords narrowly missed her head. But Genis had reached his objective. The black hole had faded away.
"Haha!" he shouted, pointing at Arche, "In your face!"
Arche, apparently, was rather put out, which only succeeded in infuriating her even more.
"Humph! A child could have taken care of that!" she scoffed flying high up into the air, "But let see how you'll deal with this! Break him down into molecules! EXTENSION!"
The ground beneath Genis began decomposing. But Genis had just the right spell to protect himself.
"Force Field!" a green ball of light surrounded Genis, protecting him from harm.
"What! No fair," Arche complained, "I can't do that!"
"That's not all!" Genis continued, "Gravity Well!"
Arch was immediately pulled down due to the force of the added gravity. From high above she plummeted, her brown pointing straight down refusing to change direction.
"Maelstrom!" she cried as a whirlpool appeared below her. Evidently, she was trying to break her fall. This worked well, perhaps better than she had planned. The water not only cushioned her fall but also pulled Genis in as well.
"Ahh!" Genis cried amongst gulps of water as he spun faster and faster near the middle of the whirlpool, "EXPLOSION!"
An enormous ball of fire crashes down onto the ground, landing right in the middle of the whirlpool, evaporating the water.
"Aaand" Genis wasn't finished, "Raging Mist!" Burst of steam shot from the ground. But Arche was unfazed.
"Debris Fall!" she announced. Piles of rocks plunged onto the ground, dissipating the mist and steam.
"You're child-play ends here!" Arche smiled evilly, "God's Breath!" The sky darkened. And suddenly, a column of wind descended on top of Genis.
"Earth Bite!" he said. The ground around him suddenly sprang up and converged, forming a protective shell over Genis.
"That's won't hold you for long," Arche taunted, "Let's see…Ah! This should do the trick. Tractor Beam!" Light surrounded Genis, lifting him up the ground. Higher and higher he went.
"That's should be high enough," Arche muttered to herself. She brought her hand down and Genis plummeted down, accelerating as he got nearer and nearer to the ground.
"SPREAD!' he screamed. A column of water sprang up, breaking his fall.
"Thunder Arrow!" Genis bellowed as sphere of lightning formed around Arche. But Arche was ready.
"Distortion," she replied effortlessly as a hole opened in mid air, a rip in dimension. The sphere of lightning, before they could attack Arche, was immediately swallowed up.
"Wh-what!" Genis was surprised. He had never seen a spell like that.
"Scared? Give up," Arche smirked.
"No! Not to the likes of you!" Genis gritted his teeth, "I'll show you how my true power! INDIGNATION JUDGMENT!"
"Psh, that old trick," Arche dismissed, "It's powerful, I'll give you that, but you can't control it. You have a long way to go kid. Let me take you to the start of the creation, BIG BANG!"
Lightning converged around Arche as the sky darkened once more. But just a sword was about to fall on Arche, there was a blinding white flash along with a deafening rumble and Genis lay on the ground, unconscious.
"Yeepe! I won!" Arche pumped her fist into the air. Her Big Bang spell had managed to destroy the falling sword before it hit her. However, her joy was short-lived for rest of the Symphonia team, upon hearing the flashes and clamors of multicolor spell, had rushed to the break room.
"Who are you?" Lloyd cried.
"Uh-oh…" Arche said to herself. Although she was relatively confident of her strength, to take on 7 people all at once was simply suicide.
"Answer me! What did you do to Genis?" Lloyd demanded.
Arche didn't answer. She had got on her broom and was preparing to flee.
"Holy Lance!" Raine conjured. Spears of light materialized and flew through the air, knocking Arche to the ground.
"Answer," Raine replied coldly, "What happened to Genis?"
However, just then, in a sudden flash, a man appeared beside Arche.
"Arche!" the man replied. He was wearing white-silver plates of armor and a red headband, "We've been looking all over for you. What the heck are you doing?"
"Cless…I…them…" Arche pointed at the Symphonia group, who were still in shock at the man's entrance.
"Ah! That's right. Let's go," Cless said awkwardly.
"Hey! Wait, I'm not done—," Lloyd began. But Cless raised his sword.
"Eternal Sword, take us to where the rest of my friends are!" Cless said solemnly. And just as he had appeared, he and Arche vanished in a flash of light.
"W-What?" Raine exclaimed, "Was I mistaken, or did that man said Eternal Sword?"
"I don't know…" Lloyd said, stunned as well, "But his sword…it looked just like mine…"
Nobody else uttered a word. They were all as shock as Lloyd and Raine.